Sentences with phrase «by other elected officials»

At the press conference, Borough President Katz will be joined by other elected officials and by representatives of the Israeli Consulate, the officers and board members of the QJCC, officers and members of the Vaad Haarabonim of Queens, Rabbi Michael Miller of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York and members of the clergy from the various denominations represented in Queens.

It was not a situation I was looking to happen,» said Rodriguez, who was flanked by other elected officials and supporters.

Two of them acknowledged that they too have experienced sexual harassment at the Capitol by other elected officials, but insisted they never saw Latvala act inappropriately.

NY State Senator Jeff Klein is joined by other elected officials to announce $ 250,000 in funding for the Vera Institute of Justice's New York Immigrant Family Unity Project on Monday, November 28, 2016.

Gay marriage is «a win for everybody,» he said at a news conference earlier today across the street from the marriage license building in Manhattan, where he was joined by other elected officials.

Senator Klein, joined on by other elected officials, community leaders, and Jacobi personnel, on Monday, speaking about a plan to end gun violence, Jacobi Medical Center.

At 10 a.m., NYC Councilman Mark Treyger is joined by other elected officials and advocates to call for free diapers for low - income families, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

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When saying Merry Christmas has become a bad thing, when we can no longer have the peoples vote counted and respected by judges and elected officials, when health care for aids and other associated dieses is covered, when kids in school have to be subjected to demonstrations of gay bedroom life when the mayor of NY will no longer without reason and against the law rent churches public buildings, when teen pregnancies up 45 percent will be paid for by us the people of the US with all the cost completely covered.

Parks and other city buildings are usually designed by city employees and elected officials.

In particular, local media attention matters: it's often easier to get than national coverage, it lets you leverage your local activists and it can lead to much broader distribution of your story if it gets on a newswire (even local blogs can help, since they may be disproportionately read by elected officials and other opinion leaders and can also serve as a source for national blogs — see this article for details).

Instead, we see other elected officials, untainted as yet by arrest or scandal, moving into the vacuum to extend their own power.

Joshua Lafazan, who ran for his 18th District seat as a Democrat but is not registered in any political party, is showing his nonpartisan roots by setting up a property tax grievance workshop with three other elected officials — all Republicans.

The highlight each year is the mayor's performance, which serves as a rebuttal of sorts to the reporters» show, which opens the night by skewering the mayor and other city and state elected officials.

The Canandaigua Republican said Wednesday he's been asked by party leaders, other elected officials and members of the business community to challenge Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat who will likely seek a third term next year.

«When we allow for the editorials in New York City to tell our story, when we allow for columnists and other individuals and elected officials who honestly are doing a disservice to their community by not understanding election law,... [to be] going out there and blasting the hardworking men and women at the Board of Elections, we think it's appalling,» he argued.

«Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano and the elected officials of these other municipalities, whose taxpayers are abused by Mt Vernon on a regular basis, should refuse to provide mutual aid to Mt Vernon (except in the most extreme emergencies) until Mt Vernon learns to respect OUR firefighters and OUR taxpayers.

A letter was sent to both the Mayor and the Governor last week, signed by elected officials including Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, State Senator Daniel Squadron and Borough President Scott Stringer in addition to others, that demanded Menin be appointed to the panel.

The event was attended by over one hundred people, including elected officials and other community leaders.

Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente Jr, joined by family friends, supporters as well as members of the Board of Legislators, Elected Officials and many others, was sworn into office to begin an unprecedented 3rd... Read more

And until state legislators pass reforms that apply to all races in the state, «we will get elected officials purchased for us by others, with the awful results we see in Albany and Washington.»

«Between in or around 2010 and in and around September 2015, I gave and raised tens of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions to an elected New York City official in exchange for efforts by that official... and other City officials to obtain action from a New York City agency that would benefit myself and restaurants I owned.»

In a letter to Tom Allon, the president of City & State, Sen. Espaillat, joined by a number of other Latino elected officials, demanded that Airbnb be dropped as a SOMOS co-sponsor, claiming that the internet home - share middleman «exacerbates the housing crisis plaguing our communities... particularly the communities we represent.»

Advocates and local elected officials have pushed for a more comprehensive outreach plan by the state to ensure the tens of thousands of residents, many of whom are minorities and speak a language other than English at home, know about the need for testing.

«If I had employed a Russian spy to work on my staff — or if any other elected official has employed someone for his or her staff — for 22 minutes and he or she were arrested by the FBI, El Diario's headlines would be screaming,» Diaz Sr. wrote in his statement.

Rookie Nassau legislator Joshua Lafazan, who ran for his 18th District seat as a Democrat, but is not registered in any political party, is showing his nonpartisan roots by setting up a property tax grievance workshop with three other elected officials — all Republicans.

Amazon is not without controversy, with the company being pushed by some to add union jobs while a coalition of liberal advocacy groups have called on elected officials to not offer tax breaks and other credits to the company in exchange for job creation.

Cabrera is endorsed by more democratic elected officials than the other candidates.

Menchaca is doing quite well in terms of institutional endorsements himself: he's been backed by many labor groups and elected officials, including the local union chapters for transportation, auto, and communications workers; SEIU 32BJ, RWDSU, the Teamsters Joint Council 16, the Hotel Trades Council, and others.

He was joined by a large contingent of constituents (including the local «Red Hats» group shown ^ with the Senator and with members of the Morris Park Community Association shown >), largely from the Morris Park area where Klein grew up and currently lives, as well as a number of sitting Bronx elected officials and former Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer, who all resoundingly disputed Koppel's critique of the Senator and pledged their support to challenge other Democrats from other areas of the city and state.

«I am very troubled at the recent announcement by the Governor and other elected officials that tax benefits and other corporate subsidies are being offered to Fresh Direct to relocate to the waterfront of the South Bronx.

While other elected officials, including Mayor Bill de Blasio, City Comptroller Scott Stringer, Public Advocate Tish James and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand joined Sharpton, Cuomo participated by phone.

Greeted warmly by an intimate gathering of friends, family, staff and other local elected officials, David Buchwald announced his candidacy for re-election to the state Assembly on the morning of May 9 in Turnure Park in White Plains.

The protests are in contrast to the large, staged rallies in recent years organized by, among others, union leaders and charter schools, and featuring elected officials.

Cuomo's plan was praised by business groups and other elected officials.

The meeting, organized by Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez and other elected officials, will focus on the current status of the redevelopment of the terminal, after years of delays and challenges including concerns of the small businesses slated to open on the site.

These cases involve crimes committed by public employees, elected officials, candidates for public office and other public servants.

This is shaping up to be a showdown between the developer, The Related Companies (and other powerful developers with similar interests) who will be backed by the Bloomberg administration and a coalition of Bronx elected officials and community groups.

However, the travel ban, which is currently on hold because of a decision by the federal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, has other elected officials in the county, specifically Democrats, worried about Astorino's support for the ban and that it does in fact unfairly target Muslims.

JCOPE, by contrast, has been the vulture of ethics enforcement; its condemnations of elected officials have been limited to those who have been made pariahs as a result of investigations by others.

Elected officials, including Borough President Scott Stringer, New York State Senator Adrian Espaillat, and New York City Councilmember Robert Jackson, among others, stopped by to express their support.

The announcement followed pledges by the state's two other top elected officials to divest themselves of political donations tied to Cuomo's graft - riddled «Buffalo Billion» revitalization project.

She picked Julian over others suggested by judges and other elected officials, Mahoney said.

A white paper issued by the Community United for True Affordable Housing, a coalition of Upper Manhattan elected officials and community leaders who took part in Sunday's rally near a vacant lot on West 172nd Street and Amsterdam Avenue, said the city should provide the area with the same level of housing provided in other Manhattan communities.

CSEA will also use this time to consult with our brother and sister unions and other allied community organizations about how we can collectively address the disrespect and disenfranchisement of working people by our state's elected officials.

The funds are part of a larger push by Matteo, Borough President James Oddo and other elected officials to get litter off the streets.

At 10:30 a.m., LG Kathy Hochul, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Cuomo advisor Christine Quinn and other female elected officials mark Women's Equality Day by calling for passage of an Equal Rights Amendment, 49 E. 92nd St., Manhattan.

At noon, Sen. Tony Avella will hold a joint press conference with The Humane Society of the United States, fellow elected officials, a representative from the Jane Goodall Institute and others to urge the New York Blood Center to keep its promise to provide lifetime care to a colony of chimpanzees exploited by the center for decades of research and then abandoned, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

At 11 a.m., Sen. Jose Peralta, Rep. Joseph Crowley and other elected officials will be joined by immigrant rights advocates and immigrants to rally in support of Peralta's bill to provide undocumented New Yorkers access to drivers licenses, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Also at 10 a.m., local elected officials in Albany join AARP New York and AG Eric Schneiderman's Office to kick off «Shred Fest 2016» — a statewide series of events that will help New Yorkers protect themselves against identity theft by providing them secure destruction of personal financial records and other sensitive documents, Sidney Albert Albany Jewish Community Center, 340 Whitehall Rd., Albany.

Also at noon, Uber, joined by Mayor Richard David and other local elected officials will make a «major announcement» about its potential future economic impact on the local economy, Terra Cotta, 81 State St., Binghamton.